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Thousands of homes are without power and travel warnings remain in place across the north of the UK as Storm Henry continues to batters the country with 90mph winds.

Motorists have been warned of bridge and road closures during rush-hour and some ferry and rail services remain suspended.

Around 2,000 homes in the north of Scotland remain without power. Since the start of the storm on Monday afternoon Scottish Hydro said engineers have reconnected 9,000 properties which lost electricity.

The severe weather created difficulties for recovery teams attending to blown-over vehicles, routes blocked by trees and buildings made unsafe by the extreme winds.

Met Office amber ‘be prepared’ warnings were still in place until 9am on Tuesday.

The Forth Road Bridge is closed to all vehicles as Storm Henry hits the country (Picture: PA)

Heavy wind and rain in Glasgow (Picture: PA)

Warnings for wind at the lesser yellow “be aware” level remain in place for Northern Ireland, Wales, northern England and the West Midlands.

Storm Henry also risks further flooding in Scotland, where almost 30 flood warnings are in place across the regions.

Pascal Lardet from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency said: ‘There is a coastal flood risk for the Western Isles, due to storm force winds generating a large surge and waves.

‘Flooding impacts could include disruption to travel, particularly causeways, from spray and wave overtopping. Elsewhere tides are currently low, however minimal impact from wave overtopping and spray is possible along exposed northern and western coastlines until Tuesday.’